Pinwheel



J. HEBERLING PINWHEEL Filed Feb. 2 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Home J. HEBER LING PINWHEEL Oct. 26, 1926; 1,604,510

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Patented Oct. 26, 1925.

elm STATES JOHN HEBERLING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IPINWHEEL.

Application filed February 27, 1925.

The object of this invention is to make a new and improved form of toy C0111pIiS1Ilg a pinwheel turning a crank and driving a toy object which toy can be made cheaply and sold cheaply and in large quantities to correspond. This and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawings, described in the specification and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of my improved wheel'and toy.

-Figure 1 is a detail of the platform on which the toy figure is mounted.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective Viewv of the crank which is attached to the wheel and turns on the stationary supporting shaft to drive the figure.

Figure 4 is a detailed View of one of the blades or sections of which the wheel may be made. V

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the metal disc having lugs thereon for clamping the sections of the wheel together, said disc having a crank for driving the object.

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the; toy in which a pinwheel made of a single piece is used. i

Figure 7 is a front elevation ofv a modified form of my pinwheel..

Figure 8 shows a side-elevationof the toy shown in Figure 7. v

Figure 9 is a perspective View of the metal crank mounted ontheypinwheel and used to.

drive the toy. V r I p Figure 10 is a perspective view of amoditied form of the platform and the figure at tached thereto, one part ofwhich figure is made integral with the platform.

Figure 11 is a modified form of the toy" in which the figure of a clownis'rocked by the turning of the pinwheel.

Figure 12 is a view of "the modified form f of the toy in which the figure of a horse is rocked by the turning of the pinwheel.

In the drawings like "reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawings reference numeral 1 in dicates the stick upon which the .toy is mounted. 2 indicates apiri or shaft which is fastened rigidly in thestick. 3 indicates the wheel that turns on the shaft which may be made of a single blank such as is shown in Figure 6, or may be made of a plurality head i of] the figure.

Serial No. 12,118.

of sectionsor blades tsuch as is'shown in Figure 4, each of these sections may be made of a different sheet of materialsuch as celluloid, each of which sheets may be of a different color, so that the wheel presents a more brilliant appearance. Fastened to this wheel is a wire bracket 5 having a hook 6 on one end thereof that passes through the pinwheel and positively engages therewith so that it is positively turned thereby. It also has an eye 7 formed therein which encircles the shaft 2 and on the other end thereof is formed a crank 8. When assembled on the wheel, the long arm and hook 6 serve to counterbalance the crank 8 and the parts connectedtherewith, so that the wheel turnsreadily and easily and freely to This plate has a crank 10 thereon to turnthe figure and a counter-balance lO for said crank. i l

. Mounted on the samestickbelowthe shaft 2 is provided a platform 10 onzthe frontof which platform is rigidlyfastened the support '11 of the body of a man; This sup port comprises the hips and legs of the body. At 12 :is pivotally mounted on this support the part 13 which comprises the torso and Pivotally mounted on the torso at 14k is the arm 15 the fore-ward end of which pivotally engages with the crank 8 011. the pinwheeh It is obvious that the bracket 5 may be fastenedto either side of the wheel, that is I either front or back, but the arrangement as shown in Figures 1 and 2 and (Sis the more desirable because the figure does not intercept the wind before it engages with the wheel so that the wheel is driven to the best'advantage and turns the figure to the best advantage. It will also be understood that the platform 10 is shownmade of a block of woodwhiohis perforated in one corner to receive the stick 1 and make a rigid engagement therewith, and to the front face of this block the support 11 rigidly fastened. A detail of this block is shown in Figure 1 1 In Figure 7 I have shown a modified form having a reduced end at the end thereof the end of which is upturned as shown at 26 to hold the crank in engagement with the arm 27 of the to liuire driven by the.

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Below the shaft the stick 1 carries a sheet metal platform 28 which is perforated at 29 to form a hole and socket to receive the stick on the forward end. The metal is slit and bent up at the opening to form a flange around the opening to steady it on the stick. Thisplatform "has lugs thereon that pass through thecard 30 and are bent up and down to make a positive engagement "therewith to hold the card rigidly to the platform. "The torso 31 is pivotally mounted on the card 30 and the arm 27 is pivotally mountedon the torso 31. WVhen the pinwheel 3 turns it carries the crank 2a. with it and this in turn causes the figure'to rock back and forth on the turning ofthe wheel.

In Figure 10 I have shown a modification of thetoy in whicha metal'platforin 35" l is used, one end of which is bent U-sh'apeol and is provided with'perforations 36 and 37 to receive the stick 1 which supports the toy. The outer end of the platform is bent up as shownat 38 to form the lower part of the figure. The upper part ofthe figure 18 is mounted thereon the same as is shown in Figures 1 and 6. p 7 p In Figure 11 Theme shown a mo'dificatlon ofa pinwheel in which 3indicatesthe wheel partlybroken away, 5 indicates the bracket and 40 indicates theflink attached to the crank thereof, which link is attached to an arm of a clown 41 which clown is piv'oted' at 42 on a bracket 43 on which it rocks on the turning of the wheel. p

In Figure 12 I have shown another modification of the toyin which 3 represents the wheel partly broken away having the bracket and link as above described, the lower end of the'link being attached to a horse 45 which is pivoted at 46. to rock on a bracket 47 so that asthe wheel turns the horse rocks.

I claim: V l A l. The combination or a pinwheel, mounted on a stationary shaft, a support for said shaft on. one end thereof, a crank' fastenedto said wheel on the side opposite to said support, and rotating therewith.

ed on said second support adjacent to said wheel and connected to said crank whereby on the turning of the pinwheel the figure 1s rocked back and forth thereby.

2. The combination of a stick, a shaft mounted stationary thereon, a pinwheel adapted to rotate on said shaft, a crank pivoted on said-body, the forward end of said arm being pivoted on said crank,

whereby on the turning of the wheel the figure is rocked back and forth thereby simulating the movement of a person turning a wheel by a crank.

3. In a pinwheel 'toy, the combination of a pinwheel, a stationary shaft on which it is adapted to turn, a bracket having an eye therein adapted to embrace and turn around said shaft, one end 'of said bracket being turned in to engage with said wheel, the otherend'of said bracket beingturned out to form a crank.

4:. A wind wheel toy comprising stem, a shaft extending laterally from the stem, 'a wind wheel turning on the shaft, a

bracket extending laterally from'the stem,

a pivoted member mounted to oscillate on the bracket, a link pivoted eccentric to the pivoted member, anda sheet metal'inember fastened to the windwheel and bent to pro- 1 vide two arms extending laterally there 'bracketfextending laterally from the stem,

a pivoted member mounted to oscillate on the bracket, a link pivoted eccentric to the pivoted member,- and a metal member fas tened to the wind wheel and bent to provide two arms extending laterally. therefrom in opposite 'directions,'one of said arms posi- 'tively engaging the wind wheel "and the otherhaving the link pivotedthe re'on.

6. In a pin wheel, a series of blades each of said blades being individual and cut as a blank separate from the remaining blades, each blade having ,a'hub with aperforation therein,:the hubs of saidblades overlapping eachother w'iththeperforations of the hubs in line; with each other, means for fastening said hubs together and suitably spacing "said blades apart, each ofv said blades hav- 1,eo4,51o 3 ing a perforated tip, which tips are curved over the hubs and are held together in front of it to conceal it.

7. In a pin wheel, a series of blades each made of a separate blank, each blank having a perforated hub, the hubs of said blades overlapping each other with the perforations of the hubs in line with each other, means for fastening said hubs together and suitably spacing said blades apart, one of the tips of each of the blades having a perforation therein, said tips overlapping and concealing the hub.

8. A pin wheel comprising a series of blanks, each having a hub section formed at one end thereof, said hub sections being adapted to overlap one another and means for clamping said hub sections on top of one another and lock them against radial movement with relation to each other.

9. A pin wheel comprising a series of blanks, each having a hub section formed at one end thereof, said hub sections being adapted to overlap one another and means for clamping said hub sections on top of one another and lock them against radial movement with relation to each other, the free end of said series of blanks being adapted to be curved over in front of said hub section and held parallel to their corresponding hub section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN HEBERLING. 

